End gate



April 6v', 1926. 1,579,603

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Application led September 11, 1925. Serial No. 55,828. I g

Be it known that I, MITCHAEL` ETIENNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Conrad,'in the county of 'Teton and State p outer ends links 11, respectively. The links y of Montana, have inventednew and useful Improvements in End Gates, fof which the following is a specification.` 'I n The object is tliefprovisionof an outlet gate `o r vali/efor grain boxes, su'cli for instance as gra-in conveying wagons, offa v.construction which will'positively seal the opeiiingto be closed thereby, regardless of;

the vibration to which the ybox is subjected, and also which may be easily raised to partly or fully open posit-ions when the.

grain is to lbe delivered from the box.

To the attainmentjof the foregoing, theV ,invention vconsists 1n the improvement asA hereinafter described and denitely claimed. Y n

sition regardless of the vibrations to which In the drawings Figurel is a rear elevation of a grain box or wagon,V provided with the improvementf Figure 2 isa section on the line 2;-'2 of' -Figure 1. Y

Figure 3 Figure 1. Y

Figure t is `a view substantially similar is a,section-on the line 3-3 of to Figure 2 but showingthe gate or valve in raised position.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of :one of the links employed; v

Figure 6 -is a plan view of a guide plate.-

Referring now to the drawings in. detail, the numeral 1 designates a grain-box, such as the body of an ordinary grain wagon. y'Ilie'e'nd gate 2 of the grain box is provided at its lower end with a substantially rectangular opening 3 that affords an outlet for the grain. Secured oli-the end gate 2, at the opposite sides of the opening 3, there are upstanding grooved guides Il. Received in the grooved guides there is av plate 5.

The plate is in the nature 'of a gate or` valve, and has secured on its vupper edge, ad-

jacent toits ends, upstanding rods6. These rods 6 pass through notches 7i1i a guide plateV which normally inuence the ivalve plate 5 to closed position and likewise effectively" hold the said valve 5 in such closed position.

The rods 6 have loosely connected to their are directed toward each other and each of the said links is pivotally supported, as at' 12, on a pintle that extends centrally from l a plate 13 which is secured, V by means ally secured, as lat 16, tol an operating lever.'

17. `The lever 17 has one of its ends pivoted, as at 18, to the end gate 2. .Y

The springs 10 will normally force the valve to close the opening 3, andas in-v ferred, will retain the said valve insuch po-r the box 1 is subjected.v ,A downward pull on the lever 1 7 will cause the rods 15 to `swing the links 11 to the position illustrated in Figure la'of the drawings. V'This draws `vthe rod 6 outwardly and likewise raises the valve or gate 5 against the pressure of the springs 10. 'A release of the handle will automatically closethe valve or gate 5.

While I have illustrated a satifactory embodiment of my improveddevice', my features of inventionarecapable of extended application and I vdo not wish to be limited to the. specific structure herein shown and described. y i i Having described the` invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a grain box having an outlet opening in the rear end thereof, guides'tliereoii at `the opposite. sides of the opening7 a valve plate movable through said guides-rods extending upwardly from. theends of thevalve plate, a guide for the rods, a helical spring*surrounding each rod and exerting a pressure between the `guide plate Aand the 'valveVV plate for forcing the latter downwardly to close the opening in the 'grain box, and lever. actuated means pivotally secured y:on the grain box and` loosely connectedv with the rods formoving thevalve to open osition. 2. The combination with a grain box havguide plate and the valve, a pivotally supported link loosely connected with each rod and directed inwardly, a rod loosely secured on the inner vend olf" each link and a lever pivotally secured on the end gate to which the roos are loosely connected.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature.

MITGHAEL J. ETIENNE. 

